In Preschool, What Matters More: Education or Play?

Bonnie Rochman:

It's practically been relegated to superstar status in the annals of parenting lore: the Manhattan mom who sued her daughter's $19,000-a-year preschool on grounds that the 4-year-old was not sufficiently prepared to tackle the entrance test for private kindergarten.

Earlier this month, Nicole Imprescia filed her lawsuit against the York Avenue Preschool, claiming that her daughter, Lucia, was not primed to take the intelligence test and was instead relegated to a mixed-age classroom where talk revolved around -- oh, the horror -- shapes and colors. As a result, Imprescia withdrew her daughter from the preschool. (More on Time.com: Perspective on the Parenting Debate: Rich Parents Don't Matter?)

"The school proved to be not a school at all, but just one big playroom," the suit stated.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 25, 2011 1:30 AM
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